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Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum Type Strain DSM46621 [PDF]

, 2012
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a member of the rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). It is ubiquitous in water and soil habitats, including hospital environments. M.
Mahmood, Hanan S., Pain, Arnab, Bitter, W.; id_orcid, Ho, Y.S., Ali, Shahjahan, Adroub, Sabir, Aleisa, Fajr A, Othoum, G., Ho, Y. S, Aleisa, F., Rashid, Fahad, Zaher, Manal, Bitter, W., Ali, S., Mahmood, Hanan, Abdallah, Abdallah, Adroub, S.A., Abdallah, A.M., Othoum, Ghofran K., Mahmood, H., Rashid, F., Zaher, M., Pain, A.   +22 more
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Skin and soft-tissue infections due to rapidly growing mycobacteria: An overview

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Background: Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are increasingly being recognized as potential pathogens. RGM, particularly Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium fortuitum, and Mycobacterium chelonae, have been observed in both pulmonary and ...
Chanchal Kumar, Kamal Shrivastava, Anupriya Singh, Varsha Chauhan, Mandira Varma-Basil   +4 more
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A Mysterious Gram-Positive Rods

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012
We encountered a patient with a history of intravenous drug use presenting with fever, malaise and nausea who was found to have cavitary lung lesions.
Javzandulam Natsag, Zaw Min, Yasir Hamad, Bassel Alkhalil, Atiq Rahman, Richard Williams   +5 more
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Successful bedaquiline-containing antimycobacterial treatment in post-traumatic skin and soft-tissue infection by Mycobacterium fortuitum complex: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Mycobacterium fortuitum complex is a group of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) associated with skin and soft-tissue infections after surgery or trauma.
Johanna Erber, Simon Weidlich, Tristan Tschaikowsky, Kathrin Rothe, Roland M. Schmid, Jochen Schneider, Christoph D. Spinner   +6 more
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Nasal infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum [PDF]

, 2011
SummaryIntroductionMycobacterium fortuitum, a rapidly growing non-tuberculous atypical mycobacterium, is commonly found in soil and water. This organism generally causes skin, bone, and soft tissue infections following local trauma or surgical procedures,
Schmerber, S., Nguyen, D.-Q., C. Righini, Darouassi, Y., D.-Q. Nguyen, Righini, C., S. Schmerber, Y. Darouassi   +7 more
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Mycobacterium fortuitum infection arising in a new tattoo [PDF]

, 2014
We report an uncommon case of a cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum arising in a new tattoo. A 29-year-old man presented with a several month history of a non-pruritic papular eruption within a tattoo; the papules developed 1-to-2 weeks ...
Hunter-Ellul, Lindsey A, Philips, Rebecca C, Wilkerson, Michael G, Martin, Julie E   +3 more
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THE NATURE AND INCIDENCE OF LYSOGENY IN MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM [PDF]

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 1975
Ten of 28 strain of Mycobacterium fortuitum (ranae) were found to be associated with bacteriophage; three were pseudolysogenic, one liberated a phage that lysed a sensitive indicator strain, two liberated morphologically complete phages that did not lyse any of the strains used in this study and four liberated morphologically defective phages.
J M, Grange, R G, Bird
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Identification of different subtypes of rapid growing Atypical Mycobacterium from water and soil sources: Using PCR-RFLP using hsp65 and rRNA 16s–23s genes

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016
Objective/Background: Nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) are a diverse group of microorganisms that cause a variety of diseases in humans including skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal tract infection. Generally, NTM are classified into two categories:
Mohammad Varahram, Parissa Farnia, Shima Saif, Mehran Marashian, Poopak Farnia, Jaladein Ghanavi, Ali Akbar Velayati   +6 more
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MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM KERATITIS

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2007
We report a case of mycobacterial keratitis characterized by apparently spontaneous onset, delayed diagnosis, and eventually necessitating evisceration inspite of systemic antibiotics and repeated corneal grafts.
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Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
In 2000, an outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum furunculosis affected customers using whirlpool footbaths at a nail salon. We swabbed 30 footbaths in 18 nail salons from 5 California counties and found mycobacteria in 29 (97%); M.
Duc J. Vugia, Yvonne Jang, Candi Zizek, Janet Ely, Kevin L. Winthrop, Edward Desmond   +5 more
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